As reported by the RIA agency, the rate of fire will increase and its operators will have easier control of the fire selector
The fifth generation assault rifle Kalashnikov AK-12 used by Russian forces in Ukraine was modified to increase the rate of fire and operators tso that they have easier control over it shot selectorthe Russian news agency reported today RIA citing the manufacturing company.
In the edition AK-12which entered service in 2018, the two-shot option will be disabled and operators will now be able to choose between either single-shot or automatic mode, and there will also be an adapter on the stock, said Kalashnikov company president, Alan Luznikov, at RIA.
“In the shortest possible time we selected technical solutions, built a prototype and demonstrated it to representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” said Mr. Luzhnikov.
He did not say when he expects the modified rifle to enter service. He limited himself to saying that the company is in the process of patenting the new design of the rifle.
The AK-12, caliber 5.45mm and 415mm barrel, developed by the Kalashnikov industry, is the main rifle of the Russian armed forces. It has improved reliability and accuracy over earlier models of the “Kalashnikov Automat” designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov and entered service in 1949 in the former Soviet Union.
The Kalashnikov industry was sanctioned by the US in 2014, the year Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. The European Union and Britain imposed their own sanctions on the company this year.
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